Guidance on SBC for Family Planning During COVID-19

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This short guide includes important considerations, messages, and resources to support country programs in adapting their FP/RH-focused SBC programming in response to the challenges presented by COVID-19. Program adaptations and messaging should be adapted in line with country context, available services, and local government response, including that of coordinating bodies responsible for COVID19 risk communication and community engagement efforts.

Source: Guidance of SBC for Family Planning During COVID-19

Conseils Sur Le Changement Social Et De Comportement Pour La Planification Familiale Pendant Le Covid-19

Orientación Sobre El Cambio Social Y De Comportamiento Para La Planificación Familiar Durante El COVID-19

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    Disrupting COVID-19 Stigma: Technical Brief

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    This short guide includes important considerations and resources to support country programs in recognizing and working to reduce stigma around COVID-19.

    Source: Disrupting COVID-19 Stigma – Technical Brief

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      COVID-19 Rumor Tracking Guidance for Field Teams: Technical Brief

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      This is a short guide, with important steps and resources, on how country programs can track and address rumors around COVID-19 (as needed). The guide includes a number of great resources and links while also sharing nuggets from global, collective thinking around rumors.

      The guide includes sections on:

      • Coordinating
      • Discovering the rumors
      • Verifying the information
      • Engaging the community

      Source: Technical Brief: COVID-19 Rumor Tracking Guidance for Field Teams

       

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        A Coordinated Public-Private Sector Response in Liberia to COVID-19

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        In February 2020, the Healthcare Federation of Liberia (HFL) was officially launched and elected its first governing board. The HFL will provide coordination among all private health stakeholders across Liberia and act as a consolidated voice to advocate for improved quality of care and increased collaboration with the Ministry of Health.

        The launch of the federation followed an assessment of Liberia’s private health sector, conducted by the USAID-funded Health Policy Plus project in 2019, which identified the need for a unifying body as a vehicle to improve the private health system. The HFL’s organizational strategy was to focus on strengthening standards within—and accreditation of—private facilities, providing access to business financing and supplies of essential commodities, such as for family planning.

        However, on March 16, 2020, Liberia recorded its first COVID-19 case. As of April 10, Liberia has recorded 37 cases and five deaths. The most important task for the HFL in its first month of operation, therefore, became coordinating an effective private sector response to COVID-19.  This report tells the story of how Liberia responded to the pandemic.

        Source: A Coordinated Public-Private Sector Response in Liberia to COVID-19

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          Using Social and Behavioural Science to Support COVID-19 Pandemic Response

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          The COVID-19 pandemic represents a massive global health crisis. Because the crisis requires large-scale behavior change and places significant psychological burdens on individuals, insights from the social and behavioral sciences can be used to help align human behavior with the recommendations of epidemiologists and public health experts.

          In this article from Nature, the authors discuss evidence from a selection of research topics relevant to pandemics, including work on navigating threats, social and cultural influences on behavior, science communication, moral decision-making, leadership, and stress and coping. In each section, they note the nature and quality of prior research, including uncertainty and unsettled issues. They identify several insights for effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic and highlight important gaps researchers should move quickly to fill in the coming weeks and months.

          Source: Using Social and Behavioural Science to Support COVID-19 Pandemic Response

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            Coronavirus: The Seven Types of People who Start and Spread Viral Misinformation

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            BBC Media have investigated hundreds of misleading stories during the pandemic. It’s given them an idea about who is behind misinformation – and what motivates them.

            According to BBC Media, gere are seven types of people who start and spread falsehoods:

            1. The joker
            2. The scammer
            3. The politician
            4. The conspiracy theorist
            5. The insider
            6. The relative
            7. The celebrity

            Source: Coronavirus: The Seven Types of People who Start and Spread Viral Misinformation

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              Types, Sources, and Claims of COVID-19 Misinformation

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              This factsheet uses a sample of fact-checks to identify some of the main types, sources, and claims of COVID-19 misinformation seen so far. Building on other analyses (Hollowood and Mostrous 2020; EuVsDIS 2020; Scott 2020), the authors combine a systematic content analysis of fact-checked claims about the virus and the pandemic with social media data indicating the scale and scope of engagement.

              The analysis concludes that misinformation about COVID-19 comes in many different forms, from many different sources, and makes many different claims. It frequently reconfigures existing or true content rather than fabricating it wholesale, and where it is manipulated, is edited with simple tools.

              Source: Types, Sources, and Claims of COVID-19 Misinformation

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                Applying Principles of Behaviour Change to Reduce SARS-CoV-2 Transmission

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                This paper focuses on adherence to behaviors required to reduce COVID-19 virus transmission. The authors argue that there is an urgent need to develop and evaluate interventions to promote effective enactment of these behaviors and provide a preliminary analysis to help guide this. This is relevant for the current phase of the pandemic and to reduce the risk of resurgence in months to come and of future pandemics.

                Source: Applying Principles of Behaviour Change to Reduce SARS-CoV-2 Transmission

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                  Guidance Note 3: How Can VAW Prevention Programs Adapt? : Series on Preventing VAW During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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                  The COVID-19 crisis is a destabilizing time, deepening social inequalities and increasing violence against women (VAW). This is also a moment of significant unpredictability and many are experiencing fear, anxiety, and anger as a normal response to these rapid changes. Certain groups are more vulnerable to pandemic-related hardships and consequences, including women, LGBTIQ people, people living with chronic illnesses and other disabilities, people reliant on daily wages,among others. Further, within the COVID-19 response, women providing essential services—from health care provision to cleaning to vendors in the market—are particularly impacted and at risk of violence. These vulnerabilities compromise our collective well-being, as individuals, organizations, and movements to prevent VAW. We recognize –and insist—on the importance of caring for ourselves and each other during COVID-19 as a political act that is integral to our social justice activism, resisting the patriarchal norms and other systemic oppressions that value certain people over others.

                  Source: Guidance Note 3: How Can VAW Prevention Programs Adapt? : Series on Preventing VAW During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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                    Guidance Note 4: How Can VAW Prevention Programs Adapt? : Series on Preventing VAW During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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                    COVID-19 poses many safety risks for staff, organizational partners, and community members working to prevent violence against women. For many settings, it is likely that community mobilization activities will need to be suspended or substantially adapted during this time. Before continuing with any programming, it is essential to comprehensively assess potential risks in order to determine safety and feasibility.

                    Source: Guidance Note 4: How Can VAW Prevention Programs Adapt? : Series on Preventing VAW During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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